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Are you kidding me? 1. That phone is NOT old. Who says we should buy a new phone every time some company wants to make some cash? The thing worked great and th
by frank_boyd 13y ago
Are you kidding me?
1. That phone is NOT old. Who says we should buy a new phone every time some company wants to make some cash? The thing worked great and there was absolutely nothing that needed to be changed.
2. I do NOT want to be part of a throw-away society that benefits nobody but some company. Our planet does NOT have unlimited resources, yet we keep throwing away electronics like there's no tomorrow.
This STINKS!
- anu_gupta 13y agoThen don't upgrade the software on your phone either. You consume energy every time you upgrade, further depleting our planet of its finite supply of resources.
- frank_boyd 13y agoGuess what: The consumer expects "upgrades" to actually upgrade the device, as in "making it better" not worse. And: Apple prevents us from downgrading once we understand the surprise we got, after pushing for "upgrades" all the time. Also, the consumer needs updates to keep the devices bugs/security holes patched.
- CamperBob2 13y agoThe consumer is damned lucky that Apple even bothers to support phones beyond the last two generations. If they did what they probably should have done, your phone would have reported, "Sorry, this update is not supported by your device," when you tried to install the latest iOS version. Then we'd be treated to even more wailing and gnashing of teeth from people who feel entitled to perpetual updates. Apple literally can't win here. Edit: I will agree that they could 'win' by the simple expedient of permitting OS downgrades. There's no reason they couldn't let you revert to the last version you were happy with.
- seiji 13y agoI think you've been reading the egregiously inaccurate and agenda driven Story of Stuff.